ONLINE FILM OFFERINGS
Please note: Online films are geo-locked for viewing within Alberta only.
All films streaming online will be available from May 5th at 12:01 am to May 15th at 11:55 pm, and are available to stream for 48hrs from the time you press play on a title.
Thank you so much for supporting our filmmakers. We sincerely hope you enjoy the festival!
MADE IN CANADA
This Stained Dawn follows the women and non-binary groups uniting to organize the Aurat March, a women’s march in Pakistan's city of Karachi.
Without the prospect of international races in 2020, Mathieu Blanchard takes on the challenge of crossing the Gaspé Peninsula —over 650km and 30,000 meters of elevation in one week.
With heart-felt stories of lived experience, Connecting the Dots exclusively showcases young voices breaking barriers surrounding mental health. Our future leaders are speaking up. It's time to listen.
GLOBAL VISIONS
An activity coach re-awakens the youthful spirit of a senior's home by turning the residents into a playful gang, always ready to crack an unexpected joke or even participate in boxing lessons.
Please note: this film is available for streaming from May 8-15, 2022 only
Depicted as an ungrateful ‘junkie’ who recklessly destroyed her first transplant by relapsing into drug use, Claire is condemned by the public who feels she is undeserving of another chance.
Hostile focuses on the impact of the UK’s evolving “hostile environment” policies designed to make living conditions so difficult for migrants that they voluntarily leave the country.
Demonstrations for a green and sustainable Denmark became the most talked-about topic of their 2019 election campaign. There was no doubt that the population was ready, but were the politicians?
Despite a lack of funding, five women from Scotland tried for Olympic curling glory and, in the process, won the hearts of a nation at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City 2002.
Stay shares the stories of three unique individuals living with dementia and the moments of light, humour, and affection that transcend the hard times.
I am Here follows a 98-year-old, South African holocaust survivor, Ella, as she reveals her astonishing life journey and unwavering appreciation of life.
BORN IN THE USA
This Is [Not] Who We Are explores the gap between Boulder's self-image and its Black citizens' more complex lived experiences—both historical and contemporary.
Crazy Cat Lady focuses on the feral cat crisis in Los Angeles and the dedicated —though at times mischaracterized— volunteers on the front lines of rescue.
Why On Earth establishes a vital connection between humans and animals through footage exposing the rapid, careless extraction of palm oil in Borneo and Sumatra and the rescue of endangered orangutans in Indonesia.
Zero Gravity introduces us to Campbell Middle School's innovative Zero Robotics program as we follow the progress of three students working to create code that will program satellites.
Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation and despite beer's African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten in the American brewing culture.
A family of refugees from Sudan lands in cold, upstate New York just as an administration hostile to immigrants takes over. Utica: The Last Refuge follows two newly arrived families trying to acclimate to their new home.
RAINBOW VISIONS
David Millbern's 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection is a documentary focusing on a unique, moving, and joy-filled collection of vintage photographs of men in love from the 1850s to the 1950s.
At 61 years old, Duane was publicly outed by his hairdresser and forced to reveal the double life that he was living. After therapy and deep self-reflection, Duane fought back, transitioned to Dawn, and started her journey to reclaim her life.
Confronted with tradition and taboo in their Punjabi Sikh cultures, three individuals awaken to and express their sexuality within their conservative South Asian families.
MUSIC DOCS
The Australian band In Their Wake vowed to record, release and perform their next album sustainably. Green is the New Black is a carbon off-set documentary that captures the band's urgent mission for ecological advocacy.
Short film Packages
Before They Fall - 40 mins
Precious Leader Woman - 45 mins
Weckuwapasihtit (Those yet to come) - 7 mins
Bring Her Home - 57 mins
12th Hour - 52 mins
Edge of the Arctic - 10 mins
Green Nettle - 3 mins
The Last Extinction - 19 mins
Pole Boy - 13 mins
Sixty Seconds - 19 mins
Expiration - 20 mins
Dangerous Dog - 18 mins
Finn - 3 mins
Past Continuous - 39 mins
Romario - 5 mins
Man up in Lockdown - 20 mins
Blood Sisters - 5 mins
Sweet Soul - 28 mins
Sonder - 23 mins
What Nobody Talks About - 22 mins